Question follow-through · 106227
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 14 January 2026 and 13 October 2025 to Questions 102364 and 77631 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether his Department has conducted research co
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 14 January 2026 and 13 October 2025 to Questions 102364 and 77631 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether his Department has conducted research co
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 77631 on 13 October 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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